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Mutter..mutter..assistance desired please by chrisbee 2006-10-26 17:23:24
I've bought an external USB hard drive and the thing came configured NTFS and I want to use it on my Debian box.
How do you get to reformat the thing FAT32. The only only Win box with USB ports I've got doesn't recognize fdisk. (I'm not used to WinXP Pro at all)
[ Reply ]
  in XP Pro by fitzso2006-10-26 17:28:41
    Found it, thanks Fitzso; but there is no option by chrisbee2006-10-26 17:35:36
      odd... by fitzso2006-10-26 17:41:34
        OddER, My USB stick allows FAT32 but not NTFS by chrisbee2006-10-26 17:49:05
        nothing odd about it, win is designed that way by Freakazoid2006-10-26 18:19:17
          If you use a windows ME diskette by joecrouse2006-10-26 18:24:16
            No FD on laptop and don't have plugin one (n/t) by chrisbee2006-10-26 18:32:03
              AhHH ok Try possibly a by joecrouse2006-10-26 18:34:59
      One other option by fitzso2006-10-26 17:49:12
    If that doesn't work by admeralthrawn2006-10-26 17:36:50
  Does Debian have mkdosfs? (n/t) by iarann2006-10-26 17:42:04
    Yes; Looks like something new to learn (n/t) by chrisbee2006-10-26 17:55:12
      should be just a by Freakazoid2006-10-26 18:20:55
        Puzzling by chrisbee2006-10-26 19:21:55
          both by CALL-1982006-10-26 19:30:58
            Except use sda1 if you want to be compatible with by hobbs2006-10-26 20:19:24

 

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